Portable house.



PATENTE!) JULY 7, 1908.

H. J. ARMSTRONG. PORTABLE HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2. 1907.

lembodying 1my invention, with parts re- UNITED sTATns riiTiinT onirica.

HENRY J. ARMSTRONG, OF CHCAGO, lLLlOIS.

PORTABLE HOUSE.

No. 892,5vi.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, inthe county ot Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Im roveinents in Portable llouses,- ofWhich t e followin is a specification.

My invention re ates to improvements in ortable houses, of constructionadapted to e readily set up for use or knocked down for ,storage orshipment, and it has for its object to provide a construction which ischeap, simple, easy to assemble or take apart, strong and durable, andweathertight.

Other and further objects ot my invention will become a parent to thoseskilled in the art from the iollowing description taken in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective viewo't a structure moved or broken away Fig. 2 is a section on 1 of each sie.

ymany additional postsA as are necessary line 2-2 of Fig. 1; F10. 3 is asection on line 3'-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detailed section on line1Q-4 of Fig. 1, and; Fig. 5 is a detail of the rooting.

Throughout theseveral views like numerals of reference refer always tolike parts.

.In the drawing 10-10 indicate uprights or posts, which may convenientlybe six (6) in number in small houses, -to provide four corner osts and apost in the middle In large constructions as may be rovided.

At their bases the posts rest upon a foun- 'dation frame 11, ofrectangular shape conforming with the contour of the house, the posts 10being set square upon the foundation frame and secured thereto by smallangie irons 12, each having one leg attached to the post and the otherleg to the top oll the foundation frame. At the top the posts areconnected by a cap trame, consisting of side members 18 and a member 14,through vwhich the ends of the posts 1() arel inortised.

Preferably the foundation trame 11 and the side members 13 of the caframe project laterally beyond the edges o the posts 10,' as best shownin Fig. 2.

Upon the cap frame are sup orted gable sections 15, eac made for handing as a singlefpiece, and providing inclined rafters, or

beams, 16.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 2, 1907'.

Patented July 7,-1908.

Serial No. 386.728.

wise of the building', but in the wall construction they extend alongthe sides of the building' and along the end thereof in which there isno door, and which fl will term theI rear end. l prefer that some of theangle irons along the sides of the building" be arranged so that theirllat lower sides rest upon the top of foundation frame Ill and the rapframe side members lil, respectively, and extend llush with or projectbeyondv the outer edges of such frame members. 'lhus the angle ironshave lirni bearing on their under sides and are as well secured at theirrear edges to the uprights and thel connected pnrtshand are accessiblefrom the inside of the building.

The sides and rear end of the building are constructed of siding orcovering sections 197419, each section having on its rear vfaceextending transversel)Y thereof cleats 2()#20, arranged so that when thesidingsections are in place such cleats seat in the angle irons 1S. Thecleats are firmly held in the angle irons 1S by screw eyes 21, takingthrough suitable apertures 22 in the upright webs of the angle irons.

The roofing' sections coveringl the roofrafters are constructed inpanels in a generally similar nntnner, each panel preferably com;

prising' rooting' boards 2l, covered over with sheet metal 25, of ribbedconstruction, having` the ribs 2(3 underlaid with illing strips 27, theboards being so constructed that a rib 26 stands closely adjacent oneedge of cach board, while at its opposite edge a rib 26 Of the metalhangs free over the edge of the board, so that in assembling' the roofwhen the boards are brought side by side the overhangin;y rib 2(3 of onesection overlies the edge rib 2o of fire seciion nextthoreto, soformingn weathertight, lbroken joint. llt will be understood that therootl sections 23 -23 are provided with cleats :md are secured to theangie irons 18 in the seme manner as irre the siding sections.

The eaves of the roof may be closed by boards 28, carried by cleats 28adapted to be hooked over the edges of the siding 19, as best shown inFig. 2 and the rooiC is capped with an angular Cap plate 29, having edgeflanges 3() notched es at 31 to receive the ribs of the metallicroofing.

The front end of the b uiiding embodying 'the door may be built in anyapproved fashion, the sections adjacent the door being in my preferredconstruction permanently secured to the front Corner posts, but anyother construction of the front may be used if preferred.

Whiie have herein described in some detaii a, speoie embodiment oi' r3 yinvention, it

l will bel appa-rent that chauves may be nitide therein Withoutdeparture from its sp1 rit nnd scope, and 1t Wiil further be apparentthat changes in size and prop-ortie braongs, and Sinni-sr detalls mayreednJ @cour those sin ied in tie nrt to the eonstrilon, segr-wi I claimand desire to secure by Letters Pat- I ent, of the United Stetes, is:

in a portable house construction, a foundation frame, a cap frame,vertical posts oonneoting seid frames and set inward at the sides fromthe edges of the frame, angle. irons along the sides of theConstruction, hay ing their iiorizonted Webs resting on the base' andnap frames, end their Vertical Webs rising from the inner side of thehorizontal Webs, siding, and oieets secured to the siding arranged tointerit in the angie irons, ksind Ineens through the angle irons forse?" curing t 1e cleats in position.

In testimony lwhereof l hereunto set'iny hand in t'ne presence oi' twoWitnesses.

HENRY J; RMSTRONG. l

the presenee off-- GEO. T. Mer, Jr., MARY ALLEN.

